Improvement in corn-planters



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Corn-Planters,

No. 196,146. Patented Oct. 16,1877.

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IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,146, datcd'Octobcr 16, 1877; application filed May 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED F. HAMMOND, of Berlin, (Loramies P. O.,) in the county of Shelby and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Planters, of

which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a vertical section of my improved planter, taken through the line at m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' My invention is an improvement in combined planters and markers. The feature of novelty is a certain combination and arrangement of parts, whereby the same devices that press down and flatten the loose earth abovethe seed, and thereby mark the place where it is deposited, also act upon bufiing and friction wheels, that are pivoted to rods by which the seed-slides are vibrated, said rods being connected with the seed-slide levers, arranged beneath the bar upon which the seedhoppers are supported. To enable this operation to be effected, the marking devices, transportingwheels, and seed-hoppers require to be arranged in line.

A are the wheels, which revolve loosely upon the journals of the axle B. The axle B revolves in bearings attached to the hounds O, to which the tongue D is attached.

The hounds G and tongue 1) project in the rear of the axle B, and to their rear ends is attached a bar, E. To the tongue D and the forward ends of the hounds O is attached the center of a cross-bar, F, to the ends of which are attached the seed-hoppers G. From the bottom of the hoppers G a hole passes down through the bar F, so that the seed may rest upon the dropping-slide H, which works in a keeper, I, attached to the under side of the bar F, and which is kept from carrying out any more seed than enough to fill its dropping-hole by the spring cut-off J, embedded and closely fitted in a recess in the lower side of the bar F, and the forward end of which is bent upward and works in a slot in the said bar F.

To the inner side of the dropping-slide H is attached the outer end of the lever K, the illner end of which is pivoted to the middle part of lower side of the bar F, and which is held back by a spring, L, attached to the said bar F, and pressing against the forward side of the said lever.

To the inner part of the lever K is attached the forward end of a bar, M, the rear end of which is attached to the lower part of the U or slotted bar N. To the lower end of the bar N is pivoted a wheel, 0, for the markerfoot to strike against to push the dropping-slide I-I forward to drop the seed. The upper end of the bar N is pivoted to a support attached to the hopper G or bar F.

As the seed falls from the dropping-slide H it falls into the conductor-sp out P, which passes down into the cavity in the rear part of the plow Q, and conducts the seed into the furrow before the said furrow has been partially filled by the falling in of the soil.

The plows Q are made with two mold-boards, and have a curved colter, R, attached to the upper and lower parts of their forward angles.

To the upper parts of the inner sides of the mold-boards of each plow Q are attached the forwardv ends of two bars, S, the rear ends of the outer ones of which are connected with and ride upon the ends of the axle B.

The rear ends of the inner bars S are connected with and ride upon the middle part of the axle B. The bars S thus brace the wings or sides of the plows at the same time that they constitute the beams of the same, and also connect them to the frame of the machine. To the forward part of the outer bars S is pivoted the lower end of the connecting-bar T, the upper end of which is pivoted to the short cranks a, formed upon the outer ends of a rod or rods, U, that works in bearings attached to the rear edge of the bar F.

Upon the inner ends of the rods U are formed arms a", which project into such a position that the driver from his seat V can readily reach and operate them .to raise the plows from the ground, when desired.

The seat V is attached to the upper end of the standard V, the lower end of which is attached to the tongue D a little in front of the axle B.

' X are two bars, upon the centers of which are formed hubs, which fit upon the axle B at the inner sides of the wheels A, and are connected with said axle by a tongue and groove,

so that the said axle and bars mnstrevolve together. 7

Upon the outer ends of the hnbs of thebars X, andnp'on the inner ends of the hubs of the wheels A, are formed clutch-teeth to engage with each other, so that the wheels A inayzearry tllebars X with them in their revolution.-

Upon the outer ends of the bars X are formed feet Y, which pro ect acrossthe rims i of the wheels A, so as to mark the hills;

The feet Y extend entirely or nearly across the peripheries of the XV11661S,LSO as to act as dirt-scrapers for the same. With this con strnetion, as each of the feet:Y passes down in front of the wheel A it stri kes the Wheel 0, and

operates the slide H to drop the seedg which 7 seed is covered by the eo'verers Z, attached to the forward parts of the bars S, and the seil is pressed down iipon the seed, and the hill is marked by the foot Y.- a 1 Upon the inner end (if thehnhs the bar's a e X isiorined a ring-groove, to receive the fork fornied upon orrattaeh'ed to the enter ends of the bars A, whieh extend along the upper-"side of the axle B, andare slotted longitudinally to 7 receive the bolts by which they kept in place upon the said axle. r I V 7 To each of the bars A? is pivoted the end of a bent lever, Bflwhiehis pivotedjat its angle 1 to the hounds C. To 'theinner ends of the -hentlevers B are pivoted the rear ends of the connecting-rods O, the forward ends of which 7 are pivoted to the lower end of the lever D.

The lever 13 is pivoted to a short standard, t

E, attached to thetongne D, so that by oper- :ating the lever D the bars X may be thrown into and out ofi gear with the wheels A, as may he desired.

, 1V disclaim a planter and marker in which revolve with the axle, and may be adjusted thereon .t'oloek them with the wheels.

the seed-slides are operated by markers that 7 Having thnsdesoribed my invention, I claim a as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- In a combined planter and marker, the 00111- .bination of the transporting-wheels A'A'and' hoppers Gftherevolvinghars X,ear?yingthe hroadifiat feet Y, the fiiotion-x'vheels O, the pivoted suspending-rods N, bars M, the piv ALFRED 1?. 'HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

' I). H. MENKE, V

HENRY MENKE. 

